- Fairfield House
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name=Fairfield
location_town=Bath
location_country=England
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construction_start_date=c1840
completion_date=c1850
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style=Italianate
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Newbridge, Bath ,England , was the residence of Emperor Haile Selassie I during the five years he spent in exile (1936–1941). Following his return toEthiopia , he donated it to the city of Bath as a residence for the aged, and it remains so to this day. There are numerous accounts of "Haile Selassie I was my next door neighbour" amongst people who were children in the Bath area during his residence.The house has significance to the UK
Rastafari movement .The house was built around 1840-1850 and has been designated by
English Heritage as a grade IIlisted building . [cite web|title=Fairfield| work=Images of England|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=446733 | accessdate=2007-09-25]References
External links
* [http://anglo-ethiopian.org/publications/articles.php?type=O&reference=publications/occasionalpapers/papers/haileselassiebath.php The Emperor Haile Selassie I in Bath 1936 - 1940] , Anglo-Ethiopian Society
* [http://anglo-ethiopian.org/publications/articles.php?type=A&reference=publications/articles/2005spring/goldenjubileeanniversary.php Golden Jubilee Anniversary of HIM Haile Selassie's Visit to Bath] , Anglo-Ethiopian Society
* [http://anglo-ethiopian.org/other/photogallery/goldenjubileebath/1fairfieldhouse.php Fairfield House, Bath] , photographs, Anglo-Ethiopian Society
* Footsteps of The Emperor, TV program narrated byBenjamin Zephaniah , 1999,HTV West , includes accounts of Bath residents who met Haile Selassie: [http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=5311103739677843712&q=the+footsteps+of+the+emperor part 1] , [http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=8429566457671029532&q=the+footsteps+of+the+emperor part 2] Produced & Directed by Shawn Naphtali Sobers
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